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M (messier) catalog (continued) – Meade Instruments LX200 Classic User Manual

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M (Messier) Catalog (continued)

M#

RA

DEC

SIZE

MAG

TYPE & DESCRIPTION

ALT NAME

Q TAGS

COMMON NAME/COMMENTS

M 61

12 22.0

+04 28

360

9.7

GALAXY Sc I 2-SYS

UGC 7420

D A ST

M61 6.0x5.5 Face-On

M 62

17 01.3

-30 07

846

6.6v

GLOB CLUS OBLATE

CNGC 6266

D 2 ST

M62 Non-symmetrical

M 63

13 15.8

+42 02

738

8.6

GALAXY Sb+ II

UGC 8334

C 5 ST

M63 12.3x7.6 Sunflower Gal

M 64

12 56.7

+21 41

558

8.5

GALAXY Sb-

UGC 8062

C 5 ST

M64 9.3x5.4 Black Eye Gal

M 65

11 18.9

+13 05

600

9.3

GALAXY Sb II:

UGC 6328

C 5 ST

M65 10.0x3.3 Near M66

M 66

11 20.2

+12 59

522

9.0

GALAXY Sb+ II:

UGC 6346

C 5 ST

M66 8.7x4.4 Near M65

M 67

08 51.1

+11 49

1800

6.9v

OPEN CLUS sp=F2

CNGC 2682

D 1 ST

M67 Very old 2700ly

M 68

12 39.4

-26 46

720

8.2v

GLOB CLUS

CNGC 4590

D 2 ST

M68

M 69

18 31.4

-32 21

426

7.7v

GLOB CLUS

CNGC 6637

D 2 ST

M69

M 70

18 43.2

-32 18

468

8.1v

GLOB CLUS

CNGC 6681

D 2 ST

M70

M 71

19 53.7

+18 47

432

8.3v

GLOB CLUS

CNGC 6838

D 2 ST

M71

M 72

20 53.5

-12 33

354

9.4v

GLOB CLUS

CNGC 6981

D 2 ST

M72

M 73

20 59.0

-12 37

168

8.9p

OPEN CLUS

CNGC 6994

D 1 ST

M73

M 74

01 36.7

+15 47

612

9.2

GALAXY Sc I

UGC 1149

D 5 ST

M74 10.2x9.5

M 75

20 06.2

-21 55

360

8.6v

GLOB CLUS

CNGC 6864

D 2 ST

M75

M 76

01 42.0

+51 34

290

12.2

PLAN NEB PART OF 0651

CNGC 0650

C 4 ST

M76 Little Dumbbell Nebula

M 77

02 42.7

-00 01

414

8.8

GALAXY Sbp SEYFERT

UGC 2188

D 5 ST

M77 6.9x5.9 Seyfert Galaxy

M 78

05 46.8

+00 03

480

11.3

DIFF RNEB

CNGC 2068

C 3 ST

M78 Blue 1500ly

M 79

05 24.2

-24 31

522

8.0v

GLOB CLUS

CNGC 1904

D 2 ST

M79

M 80

16 17.1

-23 00

534

7.2v

GLOB CLUS

CNGC 6093

D 2 ST

M80

M 81

09 55.7

+69 04

1542

6.9

GALAXY Sb I-II

CNGC 3031

C 5 ST

M81 25.7x14.1 Near M82

M 82

09 55.9

+69 41

672

8.4

GALAXY P EDGE-ON

UGC 5322

C 5 ST

M82 11.2x4.6 Exploding

M 83

13 37.1

-29 51

672

8.2

GALAXY Sc I-II FACE-ON

CNGC 5236

B 5 ST

M83 11.2x10.2

M 84

12 25.1

+12 53

300

9.3

GALAXY E1

UGC 7494

C 5 ST

M84 5.0x4.4 Near M86

M 85

12 25.5

+18 11

426

9.2

GALAXY Ep 2-SYS

UGC 7508

C A ST

M85 7.1x5.2

M 86

12 26.3

+12 56

444

9.2

GALAXY E3

UGC 7532

C 5 ST

M86 7.4x5.5

M 87

12 30.9

+12 23

432

8.6

GALAXY E1 + E0 2-SYS

UGC 7654

D A ST

M87 7.2x6.8 + CNGC 4471

M 88

12 32.1

+14 25

414

9.5

GALAXY Sb+ I MULTI-ARM

UGC 7675

D 5 ST

M88 6.9x3.9

M 89

12 35.7

+12 33

252

9.8

GALAXY E0

UGC 7760

D 5 ST

M89 4.2x4.2

M 90

12 36.9

+13 09

570

9.5

GALAXY Sb+

UGC 7786

C 5 ST

M90 9.5x4.7

M 91

12 35.5

+14 29

324

10.2

GALAXY SBb + Sc 2-SYS

UGC 7753

D A ST

M91 5.4x4.4 Near CNGC 4571

M 92

17 17.2

+43 09

672

6.5v

GLOB CLUS sp=F1

CNGC 6341

D 2 ST

M92 X-Ray Source 26kly

M 93

07 44.6

-23 52

1320

6.2v

OPEN CLUS + DNEB

CNGC 2447

D 6 ST

M93 Includes dark nebula

M 94

12 50.9

+41 08

660

8.2

GALAXY Sb-p II:

UGC 7996

C 5 ST

M94 11.0x9.1

M 95

10 43.9

+11 42

444

9.7

GALAXY S(B)b II

UGC 5850

C 5 ST

M95 7.4x5.1 Near M96

M 96

10 46.7

+11 49

426

9.2

GALAXY Sbp

UGC 5882

C 5 ST

M96 7.1x5.1 Near M95

M 97

11 14.8

+55 02

194

12.0p

PLAN NEB

CNGC 3587

C 4 ST

M97 Owl Nebula 12kly

M 98

12 13.9

+14 54

570

10.1

GALAXY Sb I-II: 3-SYS

UGC 7231

D A ST

M98 9.5x3.2

M 99

12 18.9

+14 25

324

9.8

GALAXY Sc I NEAR FACE-ON UGC 7345

D 5 ST

M99 5.4x4.8

M100

12 23.0

+15 49

414

9.4

GALAXY Sc I FACE-ON

UGC 7450

D 5 ST

M100 6.9x6.2 Brite Nucleus

M101

14 03.3

+54 21

1614

7.7

GALAXY Sc I FACE-ON

UGC 8981

C 5 S

M101 26.9x26.3 Pinwheel

M102

15 06.5

+55 45

312

10.0

GALAXY E6p 2-SYS

UGC 9723

D A ST

M102 5.2x2.3

M103

01 33.3

+60 43

360

7.4v

OPEN CLUS

CNGC 0581

D 1 ST

M103

M104

12 39.9

-11 38

534

8.3

GALAXY Sb-

CNGC 4594

C 5 ST

M104 8.9x4.1 “Sombrero”

M105

10 47.8

+12 35

270

9.3

GALAXY E1 2-SYS

UGC 5902

C A ST

M105 4.5x4.0

M106

12 19.0

+47 18

1092

8.3

GALAXY Sb+p

UGC 7353

C 5 ST

M106 18.2x7.9

M107

16 32.5

-13 02

600

8.1v

GLOB CLUS

CNGC 6171

D 2 ST

M107

M108

11 11.6

+55 41

498

10.1

GALAXY Sc NEAR EDGE-ON

UGC 6225

C 5 ST

M108 8.3x2.5 Near M97

M109

11 57.6

+53 22

456

9.8

GALAXY S(B)b+ I

UGC 6937

D 5 ST

M109 7.6x4.9

M110

00 40.4

+41 42

1044

8.0

GALAXY E6:

UGC 426

C 5 ST

M110 Comp of M31 17.4x9.8